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Last Plane Out Of Sydney Khe Sanh

Em I left my heart to the C sappers round Khe G Sanh
Em And my soul was sold with my C cigarettes to the G blackmarket D man
Em I’ve had the Vietnam cold C turkey From the G ocean to the Silver C City
And it’s Am only other F vets could D understand

Em About the long forgotten C dockside G guarantees
Em How there were no V-day C heroes in G 1973 D
Em How we sailed into Sydney C Harbour Saw an old G friend but couldn’t C kiss her
Am She was lined, and I was D home to the lucky G land
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Em And she was like so many C more from that time G on
Em Their lives were all so C empty, till they G found their chosen D one
Em And their legs were often C open But their G minds were always C closed
Am And their hearts were held in F fast suburban D chains

Em And the legal pads were C yellow, hours long, paypacket G lean
Em And the telex writers C clattered where the G gunships once had D been
Em But the car parks made me C jumpy And I G never stopped the C dreams
Am Or the growing need for D speed and G novacaine
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Em So I worked across the C country end to G end
Em Tried to find a place to C settle down, where my G mixed up life could D mend
Em Held a job on an C oil-rig Flying G choppers when I C could
Am But the nightlife nearly F drove me round the D bend

Em And I’ve travelled round the C world from year to G year
Em And each one found me C aimless, one more G year the more for D wear
Em And I’ve been back to South East C Asia But the G answer sure ain’t C there
Am But I’m drifting north, to D check things out G again
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Em You know the last plane out of C Sydney’s almost G gone
Em Only seven flying C hours, and I’ll be G landing in Hong D Kong
Em There ain’t nothing like the C kisses From a G jaded Chinese C princess
Am I’m gonna hit some Hong Kong F mattress all night D long

Em Well the last plane out of C Sydney’s almost G gone
Em Yeah the last plane out of C Sydney’s almost G gone D
Em And it’s really got me C worried I’m goin’ G nowhere and I’m in a C hurry
Am And the last plane out of D Sydney’s almost G gone